Even though many of our graduates will have progressed in their careers since completing a case study, they are still of interest to students who wish to gain an understanding of the world of work.

teach languages at GCSE and A-Level
Deputy Head of Year
be a form tutor

planning and delivering lessons
teaching
listening to and caring for children
attending training sessions
sitting departmental meetings
planning and preparing for Ofsted arrival
planning trips and visits abroad

contact with children and other teachers
feeling respected and trusted
seeing the result of hard work and success of others thanks to you
number of holidays

behaviour of students
long working hours
evening work to do at home difficult to juggle with family life
stress due to Ofsted inspections, parents, and observations
workload
early starts

desire to teach and to work using languages

languages
self confidence
social and people skills
organisational skills
listening skills
leadership skills

inset days
in-school trainings
out of school training offered by different education authorities

middle leadership training programme
co-ordinator of languages
deputy head of year

deputy head of the languages department
Head of department
deputy head of school

Be aware of the current financial difficulties and pension schemes which will make the teaching profession more challenging in the future.

Be very informed about the way teachers are now assessed and appraised as bad observations can lead to a freeze in salary (this is the plan for the coming years anyway).